Scientists have worked for years to build better systems to keep people safe from earthquakes and volcanoes. Will those ...

Most of us would rather not think about what our lives will be like in the aftermath of the Big One – a magnitude 9.0 rupture ...

In recent times, a series of small earthquakes has shaken a remote area east of Alturas, near the Oregon border, prompting a reevaluation of earthquake readiness among residents. The most significant ...

He remembers reading that article and latching on to the most salient detail: The brick school his children would attend, ...

At the confluence of multiple tectonic plates, on the Pacific Ring of Fire, sits the West Coast of the United States, where the Cascade mountains in Oregon and Washington are dotted with active ...

Broadman, who sits on the CORE3 leadership team. “When the Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake happens, Oregon will be at the center of a devastating natural disaster. We must prepare for that ...

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake has hit Hollywood as some of the globe's top stars began celebrating after the Oscars. The earthquake's epicentre was measured in North Hollywood, just miles from where the ...

The US has been rattled by three earthquakes in less than 12 hours. Texas, Oregon and Washington experienced seismic activity early Thursday. The magnitude 3.4 Texas quake struck roughly 20 ...

ORCAS, Wash. — An earthquake struck in the waters surrounding the San Juan Islands early Monday morning. The 4.5 magnitude earthquake hit at 5:02 a.m. just off Deer Beach on Orcas Island ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Emma Pattee. Her debut novel, Tilt, is about a devastating earthquake in the Pacific Northwest, and one pregnant woman's quest to get back home after it.